Overview of Algebra Curriculum
All EALRs are intertwined each month. Classroom topics focus more on EALR I and its components while Labs and projects target EALRs 2-5 in more depth.
Labs: The labs give the students opportunities to explore various topics in more depth and to work cooperatively with classmates. Not all groups do the same Labs. Many of the labs emphasize EALR 3: Mathematical reasoning.
Reading and Writing Labs are activities that provide the students ways to learn and use the language of Algebra and to use critical thinking skills to develop answers.
Algebra Activity Labs are activities which present algebraic concepts with manipulative or hands-on
materials.
The following is a list of content in the Components of EALR I.
Number Sense
September:
Language of Algebra
Order of Operations
Rational numbers
Real Numbers
Properties
October:
Percent of Change
November
Arithmetic sequence (nth term)
December:
Solving inequalities
January:
Systems of equations
February:
Factoring
March:
Geometric sequences
April:
Radical expressions
May:
Rational expressions
Complex Fractions
Algebraic Sense:
September:
Properties
Logical Reasoning
Two step equations
October:
Multi-step equations
Formula work
Mixture/weighted average
November:
Equations as relations
Linear equations
Functions
December:
Direct variation
Slope
Linear inequalities
January:
Systems of equations
Polynomials
February:
Factoring trinomials
March:
Quadratic Functions
April:
Radicals
Pythagorean Theorem
May:
Dividing polynomials
Geometric Sense:
September:
Graphs and functions
October:
Scale drawings
November:
Coordinate Plane
Transformations
Patterns/sequences
December:
Systems of Linear equations
January:
Graphing systems
March:
Geometric Sequences
April:
Similar triangles
Distance problems
Data Analysis/Probability
September:
Patterns - analysis
Measure of Central tendency
Probability & Predictions
Probability of odds
October:
Multi-step equations
November:
Relations
Writing equations from patterns
Inductive and deductive reasoning
December:
Scatter Plots
Lines of Fit
Direct variation
February:
Perfect Squares and factoring
March:
Growth and Decay
Exponential functions
May:
Inverse Variation
Factorial: permutations/combinations
Measurement:
November:
Rate of change
Slope
December:
Absolute value inequalities
January:
Scientific Notation
April:
Trigonometric ratios